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Kilifi farmers to start organic cocoa farming as an alternative crop to cashew nuts

Farmers from Kilifi County are set to start organic cocoa farming in a bid to diversify their agricultural output after the county government announced plans to introduce the crop as an alternative to cashew nuts which has been faced by challenges such as pests and diseases lowering production. In 2009, the national government banned the

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pestmart

An e-learning course set to equip farmers with practical skills to fight pests and diseases

Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), a not-for-profit inter-governmental development and information organization, has launched an e-learning course that will enable farmers gain skills and methodologies required for field-based diagnosis of pests and diseases. The practical e-learning course dubbed, PestSmart is the first in a series of new and unique e-learning courses based on

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Government urged to remove the newly introduced 16 per cent VAT on pesticides

Farmer spraying pesticide to crops. Pests and diseases contribute from 40 to 100 per cent crop loss if interventions by pesticides are not put in place. Photo courtesy. The Agrochemical Association of Kenya (AAK) has opposed the introduction of 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on Agricultural Pest Control Products, saying the new tax would

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